MTA board member Allen Cappelli said it’s “idiotic” that the MTA hasn’t corrected the spelling of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to match its namesake, Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano.

“It’s just disrespectful,” said Cappelli, a native Staten Islander and chairman of the Bridges and Tunnels Committee. “They should spell the guy’s name right.”

Cappelli is in accord with a new online petition that calls for the MTA to add a “z” to the Verrazano Bridge to reflect the true spelling of “Verrazzano,” who is credited as the first navigator to explore New York Bay. After launching on June 1, the petition has collected 159 signatures.

The bridge’s conceptor, master planner Robert Moses, was against the name entirely. Moses turned down the Italian Historical Society’s proposal to name the bridge after the explorr. He believed the name was too hard to pronounce and that Verrazzano himself was too obscure of a historical figure, according to the Italian Historical Society.

“If the state can spend $4 million to rename the Triborough Bridge after Robert F. Kennedy, they should be able to invest the money for new signage for the Verrazano,” Cappelli said.